LaCie 5big - Network NAS Server User Manual

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LaCie 5big Network Administering Your LaCie 5big NetworkUser Manual page 474.7. BackupWhen an external USB or eSATA hard disk is connected to your La-Cie 5big Network, you can perform manual, bidirectional backupsof your files. Copy files from your LaCie 5big Network to the externaldisk, or from the external disk to the LaCie 5big Network.IMPORTANT INFO: In order to use an external drive to backup the 5big Network, it must be formatted in one of the supportedsystems: FAT32, FAT, NTFS, HFS+, EXT3, EXT2, REISERFS or XFS.Note that you can reformat external drives to the XFS file system usingthe 5big Network web interface. See 4.5.5. Disks for formatting steps.However, the following limitations apply: NTFS disks are read-only,and FAT/FAT32 disks have file size limits (2GB and 4GB, respectively)due to their file system limitations.To back up files:1. Connect an external USB or eSATA hard disk (see section 3.4.Connecting External Hard Disks).2. Log in to the LaCie 5big Network Administration Page (see sec-tion 4.1. Accessing the Administration Page).3. Click Backup > Add Task (Fig. 78).4. Give the backup a name and set its frequency (once, daily,weekly, or monthly) and time (if the backup is recurring) (Fig.79) and click Next.5. Select a source folder (the folder to be backed up) and clickNext.6. Select a destination folder (where the backed up files will belocated) and click Next.7. Click Add job.TECHNICAL NOTE: If copying a share to an external disk, the entirecontents of the share will be copied to a folder on the external diskwith the same name as the share.continued on the next pageFig. 78Fig. 79